UCL Hebrew & Jewish Studies
@uclhjs.bsky.social
University College London is the only UK university with a department dedicated to Jewish Studies. Our programs span from ancient texts to modern politics.
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HJS Research Fellow Abigail Pearson has discovered a previously unknown Syriac version of the ‘Revelation of Ezra’ (a famous medieval text used to predict the coming year based on the day of the week on which it began)
A newly discovered Syriac version of the ‘Revelation of Ezra’
HJS Research Fellow Abigail Pearson has discovered a previously unknown Syriac version of a famous medieval text
www.ucl.ac.uk
January 22, 2026 at 9:31 AM
HJS Research Fellow Abigail Pearson has discovered a previously unknown Syriac version of the ‘Revelation of Ezra’ (a famous medieval text used to predict the coming year based on the day of the week on which it began)
Tomorrow!
Our Jews, Judaism and Mental Health series is free and open to the public.
The second session is on 20 January from 1-20m GMT on Zoom
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The second session is on 20 January from 1-20m GMT on Zoom
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Jews, Judaism and Mental Health Zoom Series
Explore Jewish mental health, depression, and Haredi psychotherapy on Tuesdays from 1-2pm.
www.ucl.ac.uk
January 19, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Tomorrow!
HJS Research Fellow Abigail Pearson has discovered a previously unknown Syriac version of the ‘Revelation of Ezra’ (a famous medieval text)
blogs.ucl.ac.uk/neastr/2026/...
blogs.ucl.ac.uk/neastr/2026/...
A Newly Discovered Syriac Recension of the ‘Revelation of Ezra’ | UCL NEAstr: Astronomy, calendar, and related sciences in Near Eastern cultures, third-eighth centuries CE
UCL Homepage
blogs.ucl.ac.uk
January 15, 2026 at 3:29 PM
HJS Research Fellow Abigail Pearson has discovered a previously unknown Syriac version of the ‘Revelation of Ezra’ (a famous medieval text)
blogs.ucl.ac.uk/neastr/2026/...
blogs.ucl.ac.uk/neastr/2026/...
Our Jews, Judaism and Mental Health series is free and open to the public.
The second session is on 20 January from 1-20m GMT on Zoom
www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...
The second session is on 20 January from 1-20m GMT on Zoom
www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...
Jews, Judaism and Mental Health Zoom Series
Explore Jewish mental health, depression, and Haredi psychotherapy on Tuesdays from 1-2pm.
www.ucl.ac.uk
January 14, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Our Jews, Judaism and Mental Health series is free and open to the public.
The second session is on 20 January from 1-20m GMT on Zoom
www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...
The second session is on 20 January from 1-20m GMT on Zoom
www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...
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Looking forward to presenting @uclssees.bsky.social next week on Tea Arciszewska’s life and her (tragically timely) modernist play about children in wartime, “Miryeml.”
@uclhjs.bsky.social @biajs.bsky.social @yiddishbookcenter.bsky.social
@uclhjs.bsky.social @biajs.bsky.social @yiddishbookcenter.bsky.social
Please join us for this Study of Central Europe seminar with @sgollance.bsky.social, will discuss her translation of Tea Arciszewska’s play 'Miryeml' as part of a broader effort to uncover Yiddish plays by women.
🗓️ 2 December at 6pm
📍 UCL SSEES
➡️ buff.ly/dOMrzrO
@uclhjslibrary.bsky.social
🗓️ 2 December at 6pm
📍 UCL SSEES
➡️ buff.ly/dOMrzrO
@uclhjslibrary.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Looking forward to presenting @uclssees.bsky.social next week on Tea Arciszewska’s life and her (tragically timely) modernist play about children in wartime, “Miryeml.”
@uclhjs.bsky.social @biajs.bsky.social @yiddishbookcenter.bsky.social
@uclhjs.bsky.social @biajs.bsky.social @yiddishbookcenter.bsky.social
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We are thrilled to announce a call for our inaugural Yiddish & Hebrew issue edited by @samspinner.bsky.social
Please circulate widely. We are open to work that engages with Jewish literature, culture, and thought in any language.
@hopkinspress.bsky.social
Please circulate widely. We are open to work that engages with Jewish literature, culture, and thought in any language.
@hopkinspress.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 7:50 PM
We are thrilled to announce a call for our inaugural Yiddish & Hebrew issue edited by @samspinner.bsky.social
Please circulate widely. We are open to work that engages with Jewish literature, culture, and thought in any language.
@hopkinspress.bsky.social
Please circulate widely. We are open to work that engages with Jewish literature, culture, and thought in any language.
@hopkinspress.bsky.social
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Please join us for this Study of Central Europe seminar with @sgollance.bsky.social, will discuss her translation of Tea Arciszewska’s play 'Miryeml' as part of a broader effort to uncover Yiddish plays by women.
🗓️ 2 December at 6pm
📍 UCL SSEES
➡️ buff.ly/dOMrzrO
@uclhjslibrary.bsky.social
🗓️ 2 December at 6pm
📍 UCL SSEES
➡️ buff.ly/dOMrzrO
@uclhjslibrary.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Please join us for this Study of Central Europe seminar with @sgollance.bsky.social, will discuss her translation of Tea Arciszewska’s play 'Miryeml' as part of a broader effort to uncover Yiddish plays by women.
🗓️ 2 December at 6pm
📍 UCL SSEES
➡️ buff.ly/dOMrzrO
@uclhjslibrary.bsky.social
🗓️ 2 December at 6pm
📍 UCL SSEES
➡️ buff.ly/dOMrzrO
@uclhjslibrary.bsky.social
We applaud UCL for taking swift action and look forward to UCL leadership communicating directly to the UCL community to specifically call out ideas and language that will not be tolerated on campus.
www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...
www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...
Statement from HJS on Blood Libel incident
We applaud UCL for taking swift action and look forward to UCL leadership communicating directly to the UCL community to specifically call out ideas and language that will not be tolerated on campus.
www.ucl.ac.uk
November 20, 2025 at 1:09 PM
We applaud UCL for taking swift action and look forward to UCL leadership communicating directly to the UCL community to specifically call out ideas and language that will not be tolerated on campus.
www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...
www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...
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Do check out this *absolutely amazing* volume on Jewish spaces in postwar Poland by UCL @uclhjs.bsky.social and Bartlett graduate Natalia Romik (Warsaw), published yesterday.
Big congratulations from a very proud former co-supervisor :-)
Open access from UCL Press:
uclpress.co.uk/book/archite...
Big congratulations from a very proud former co-supervisor :-)
Open access from UCL Press:
uclpress.co.uk/book/archite...
Architecture of Memory
Architecture of Memory explores architectural disappearance, urban remembrance and functional change amid social upheaval. Using archival, architectural and artistic methods, Natalia Romik investigate...
uclpress.co.uk
October 28, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Do check out this *absolutely amazing* volume on Jewish spaces in postwar Poland by UCL @uclhjs.bsky.social and Bartlett graduate Natalia Romik (Warsaw), published yesterday.
Big congratulations from a very proud former co-supervisor :-)
Open access from UCL Press:
uclpress.co.uk/book/archite...
Big congratulations from a very proud former co-supervisor :-)
Open access from UCL Press:
uclpress.co.uk/book/archite...
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📆 Coming up on 18 Nov: UCL Lunch Hour Lecture, The Witch in the Bible and Beyond
Hear from Dr Alinda Damsma on her research about the impact of the Bible on the early modern witch-hunts. These lectures are free, open to all and online.
Book now: buff.ly/LupLYZS
@uclhjs.bsky.social
Hear from Dr Alinda Damsma on her research about the impact of the Bible on the early modern witch-hunts. These lectures are free, open to all and online.
Book now: buff.ly/LupLYZS
@uclhjs.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 9:30 AM
📆 Coming up on 18 Nov: UCL Lunch Hour Lecture, The Witch in the Bible and Beyond
Hear from Dr Alinda Damsma on her research about the impact of the Bible on the early modern witch-hunts. These lectures are free, open to all and online.
Book now: buff.ly/LupLYZS
@uclhjs.bsky.social
Hear from Dr Alinda Damsma on her research about the impact of the Bible on the early modern witch-hunts. These lectures are free, open to all and online.
Book now: buff.ly/LupLYZS
@uclhjs.bsky.social
We are delighted to launch the 2026 Sir Martin Gilbert History Prize with the SMG Learning Centre! We are inviting entries from UK students in Years 10 and 11, with a First Prize of £400 and a Second Prize of £200. sirmartingilbertlearningcentre.org/smg-history-...
History Prize 2026
2020 saw the launch of the Sir Martin Gilbert History Prize, an annual competition to honour Sir Martin’s work and inspire the next generation of historians.
sirmartingilbertlearningcentre.org
October 24, 2025 at 12:55 PM
We are delighted to launch the 2026 Sir Martin Gilbert History Prize with the SMG Learning Centre! We are inviting entries from UK students in Years 10 and 11, with a First Prize of £400 and a Second Prize of £200. sirmartingilbertlearningcentre.org/smg-history-...
May their memory be a blessing 🕯️
October 7, 2025 at 9:45 AM
May their memory be a blessing 🕯️
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Lunch Hour Lecture | The Witch in the Bible and Beyond | 18 November
Join this lecture where Dr Alinda Damsma (UCL Hebrew and Jewish Studies) will introduce her research on the impact of the Bible on the early modern witch-hunts.
Book your free place now: buff.ly/LupLYZS
@uclhjs.bsky.social
Join this lecture where Dr Alinda Damsma (UCL Hebrew and Jewish Studies) will introduce her research on the impact of the Bible on the early modern witch-hunts.
Book your free place now: buff.ly/LupLYZS
@uclhjs.bsky.social
September 29, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Lunch Hour Lecture | The Witch in the Bible and Beyond | 18 November
Join this lecture where Dr Alinda Damsma (UCL Hebrew and Jewish Studies) will introduce her research on the impact of the Bible on the early modern witch-hunts.
Book your free place now: buff.ly/LupLYZS
@uclhjs.bsky.social
Join this lecture where Dr Alinda Damsma (UCL Hebrew and Jewish Studies) will introduce her research on the impact of the Bible on the early modern witch-hunts.
Book your free place now: buff.ly/LupLYZS
@uclhjs.bsky.social
Shana tova to all those celebrating!!
Wishing you and yours a joyful and sweet new year 🍎🍯
Wishing you and yours a joyful and sweet new year 🍎🍯
September 22, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Shana tova to all those celebrating!!
Wishing you and yours a joyful and sweet new year 🍎🍯
Wishing you and yours a joyful and sweet new year 🍎🍯
Mazel tov to joint HJS and @uclssees.bsky.social student Dov Forman on being named one of TIME’s 100 Most Influential Content Creators for his work posting educational content about the Holocaust on TikTok and Instagram. time.com/collections/... @artshumsucl.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk
time.com
September 10, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Mazel tov to joint HJS and @uclssees.bsky.social student Dov Forman on being named one of TIME’s 100 Most Influential Content Creators for his work posting educational content about the Holocaust on TikTok and Instagram. time.com/collections/... @artshumsucl.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk
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“For scholars of Jewish mysticism, theology, and modern religion, or anyone interested in deepening his or her understanding and appreciation for the profound theology and history of Chabad, Rubin’s work is essential reading.”
traditiononline.org/review-kabba...
traditiononline.org/review-kabba...
REVIEW: Kabbalah and the Rupture of Modernity - Tradition Online
Eli Rubin's “Kabbalah and the Rupture of Modernity” (Stanford University Press) presents a groundbreaking study of Chabad Hasidism. Through close readings of primary texts, historical analysis, and en...
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August 11, 2025 at 6:37 PM
“For scholars of Jewish mysticism, theology, and modern religion, or anyone interested in deepening his or her understanding and appreciation for the profound theology and history of Chabad, Rubin’s work is essential reading.”
traditiononline.org/review-kabba...
traditiononline.org/review-kabba...
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Congratulations to the new @uclhjs.bsky.social BA graduates and to all of us for making it to @artshumsucl.bsky.social graduation despite the Tube strikes. (I’m also amazed that Marston Events sourced full @upenn.edu regalia from across the pond for my first graduation as academic staff.)
September 9, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Congratulations to the new @uclhjs.bsky.social BA graduates and to all of us for making it to @artshumsucl.bsky.social graduation despite the Tube strikes. (I’m also amazed that Marston Events sourced full @upenn.edu regalia from across the pond for my first graduation as academic staff.)
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#CfP | AJS annouces 2025 Jordan Schnitzer Book Awards | Details: www.jewishstudies.de/de/nachricht...
Deadline for submissions: July 1, 2025
Deadline for submissions: July 1, 2025
June 12, 2025 at 8:17 PM
#CfP | AJS annouces 2025 Jordan Schnitzer Book Awards | Details: www.jewishstudies.de/de/nachricht...
Deadline for submissions: July 1, 2025
Deadline for submissions: July 1, 2025
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Co-edited by Jerzy Tomaszewski z''l and me, and contributions by Hanna Zaremska, Adam Teller, @connyaust.bsky.social, Michael Schulz, Artur Markowski, Andrej Zamoiski, Piotr Kendziorek, Marcin Urynowicz, and August Grabski
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brill.com
June 12, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Co-edited by Jerzy Tomaszewski z''l and me, and contributions by Hanna Zaremska, Adam Teller, @connyaust.bsky.social, Michael Schulz, Artur Markowski, Andrej Zamoiski, Piotr Kendziorek, Marcin Urynowicz, and August Grabski
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brill.com/edcollbook/t...
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Extremely chuffed to see a book forum dedicated to ‘Sources on Jewish Self-Government in the Polish Lands' (2022), in 'Shofar. Journal for Interdisciplinary Jewish Studies'
muse.jhu.edu/issue/54964
muse.jhu.edu/issue/54964
Project MUSE - Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies-Volume 43, Number 1, 2025
muse.jhu.edu
June 12, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Extremely chuffed to see a book forum dedicated to ‘Sources on Jewish Self-Government in the Polish Lands' (2022), in 'Shofar. Journal for Interdisciplinary Jewish Studies'
muse.jhu.edu/issue/54964
muse.jhu.edu/issue/54964
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🌟 Tonight! 🌟
Who Will Rescue Us?
5 June 8pm
ZOOM
An estimated 1.6 million Jewish children lived in Nazi-occupied Europe but only some 500 found a new home in France.
Laura Hobson Faure sheds light on what happened, and the organisations that helped.
⬇️ To book ⬇️
www.jhse.org/event-detail...
5 June 8pm
ZOOM
An estimated 1.6 million Jewish children lived in Nazi-occupied Europe but only some 500 found a new home in France.
Laura Hobson Faure sheds light on what happened, and the organisations that helped.
⬇️ To book ⬇️
www.jhse.org/event-detail...
Who Will Rescue Us? | JHSE
www.jhse.org
June 5, 2025 at 1:14 PM
🌟 Tonight! 🌟
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Job -- Visiting Professor in Jewish Studies, University of Graz
March - June 2026
@biajs.bsky.social @jewishstudies.bsky.social @uclhjs.bsky.social
jobs.uni-graz.at/de/jobs/df62...
March - June 2026
@biajs.bsky.social @jewishstudies.bsky.social @uclhjs.bsky.social
jobs.uni-graz.at/de/jobs/df62...
Universität Graz
jobs.uni-graz.at
June 5, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Job -- Visiting Professor in Jewish Studies, University of Graz
March - June 2026
@biajs.bsky.social @jewishstudies.bsky.social @uclhjs.bsky.social
jobs.uni-graz.at/de/jobs/df62...
March - June 2026
@biajs.bsky.social @jewishstudies.bsky.social @uclhjs.bsky.social
jobs.uni-graz.at/de/jobs/df62...
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What are the Dead Sea Scrolls? Who discovered them? And why are they important? In this 10-Minute Talk, Professor Philip Alexander FBA explores the history of the scrolls, and their role in uncovering the beginnings of Western Mysticism. buff.ly/KFQIXOS
May 30, 2025 at 4:30 PM
What are the Dead Sea Scrolls? Who discovered them? And why are they important? In this 10-Minute Talk, Professor Philip Alexander FBA explores the history of the scrolls, and their role in uncovering the beginnings of Western Mysticism. buff.ly/KFQIXOS
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Interested in getting more involved in #JewishStudies in the UK and beyond? We'd be delighted to welcome you to our team. As an NGG committee member, you'll get to shape our programmes and connect early career scholars with more senior ones. @jewishhistorical.bsky.social
May 23, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Interested in getting more involved in #JewishStudies in the UK and beyond? We'd be delighted to welcome you to our team. As an NGG committee member, you'll get to shape our programmes and connect early career scholars with more senior ones. @jewishhistorical.bsky.social